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barack obama was saying we need more troops there. again, we spend in three weeks on combat missions in iraq, more than we spent in the entire time we have been in afghanistan. that will change in a barack obama administration. >> senator, you have quite a record, this is the next question here, of being an interventionist. you argued for intervention in bosnia and kosovo, initially in iraq and pakistan and now in darfur, putting u.s. troops on the ground. boots on the ground. is this something the american public has the stomach for? >> i think the american public has the stomach for success. my recommendations on bosnia. i admit i was the first one to recommend it. they saved tens of thousands of lives. and initially john mccain opposed it along with a lot of other people. but the end result was it worked. look what we did in bosnia. we took serbs, croats and bosniaks, being told by everyone, i was told by everyone that this would mean that they had been fighting and killing each other for a thousand years, it would never work. ther
barack obama was saying we need more troops there. again, we spend in three weeks on combat missions in iraq, more than we spent in the entire time we have been in afghanistan. that will change in a barack obama administration. >> senator, you have quite a record, this is the next question here, of being an interventionist. you argued for intervention in bosnia and kosovo, initially in iraq and pakistan and now in darfur, putting u.s. troops on the ground. boots on the ground. is this...
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but didn't president obama said, on august 18, the that assad had to go? this is two weeks ago. he is saying he cannot plan because he does not know or understand the outcome. it is remarkable. it seems that general dempsey is lacking guidance regarding the and a state of water want to reach an -- the end state of what we want in syria. the fact that it took more than a year -- we still do not have more this guidance -- this guidance, this is indicative. time matters. you heard it from senator mccain. the longer the fight continues, the more bad trends are going to emerge. you have radicalization, the islamic nation of the revolt -- islamization of the revolt. there's a trend in what is going on on the ground. al qaeda fighters entering syrian territory is not a surprise. this is home base, in a way, for many of these jihadists. they would come back to syria after killing americans and iraq. we know this. this is home. they are familiar with this. been heavyategy has on using the al qaeda scare tactic. the longer this goes on, the higher chance it has of getting and -- becoming
but didn't president obama said, on august 18, the that assad had to go? this is two weeks ago. he is saying he cannot plan because he does not know or understand the outcome. it is remarkable. it seems that general dempsey is lacking guidance regarding the and a state of water want to reach an -- the end state of what we want in syria. the fact that it took more than a year -- we still do not have more this guidance -- this guidance, this is indicative. time matters. you heard it from senator...
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in the coming weeks we will be introducing legislation to implement this proposal. as much as we ought to be investing in the innovation network we must also invest in prove comb proving the physical network of roads bridges rails and ports that enable our manufacturers to obtain raw materials and get their products to market. we passed an infrastructure bill as you know before the july 4th break. twass the last day at last minute for too short a time. it was the right thing to do but it will not create the kind of confidence of long term planning that america needs to make so that we can in fact make it in america. the freight act will lead to the development of a national freight strategic plan to assess the needs of our aging freight networks and create a national freight infrastructure grant program. major shipping canals are being widend and as ships are built larger as the panama canal has widend we need ports and rail facility that is can accommodate them and we must make sure that other countries are playing fair and abiding by the rules. the enfoors act, a
in the coming weeks we will be introducing legislation to implement this proposal. as much as we ought to be investing in the innovation network we must also invest in prove comb proving the physical network of roads bridges rails and ports that enable our manufacturers to obtain raw materials and get their products to market. we passed an infrastructure bill as you know before the july 4th break. twass the last day at last minute for too short a time. it was the right thing to do but it will...
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there was a two-week period when she was gone taking pot shots at obama to the point where an editorial said governor you should come home and do your job and she ignored it. i'm proud of my accomplishments in congress and i'll go into those later in this debate. >> congresswoman hirono e try to dismiss your terrible record how many times you did show up. but if an average worker tried to do that they'd get put on probation and if a student missed that many days they'd be held back for missing the material and not turning in their work. >> you've been quoted as referring to george w. bush as our greatest president and you defended the bush administration decision to go to war in iraq as well as his handling of hurricane katrina. do you still support that? >> it's not a statement i ever made certainly after 9/11 when president bush faced anta tack on our nation, i thought he did a great job of uniting the nation and developing a plan. he believed that iraq had weapons of mass destruction and so did our allies in europe. it was than basis that the united states congress voted for our coun
there was a two-week period when she was gone taking pot shots at obama to the point where an editorial said governor you should come home and do your job and she ignored it. i'm proud of my accomplishments in congress and i'll go into those later in this debate. >> congresswoman hirono e try to dismiss your terrible record how many times you did show up. but if an average worker tried to do that they'd get put on probation and if a student missed that many days they'd be held back for...
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both president obama and governor romney said it will prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons even if that means military action. last week, former defense secretary said a strike on iran's facility would not work and could prove catastrophic, haunting us for generations. can the two of you be absolutely clear and specific to the american people how was that would military strike be? >> we cannot allow iran to gain nuclear weapons capability. let's take a look that where we have come from. when barack obama was elected, they had enough material to make one bomb. now they have enough for five. they are four years closer towards nuclear weapons capability. we have had four different sanctions. the only reason we got it was because of russia watered it down. mitt romney proposed these sanctions in 2007. the administration was blocking us every step of the way. only because we had strong bipartisan support for these tough sanctions were we able to overrule the objections and put them in in spite of the administration. look at what they are doing. they're stepping up their terrorist att
both president obama and governor romney said it will prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons even if that means military action. last week, former defense secretary said a strike on iran's facility would not work and could prove catastrophic, haunting us for generations. can the two of you be absolutely clear and specific to the american people how was that would military strike be? >> we cannot allow iran to gain nuclear weapons capability. let's take a look that where we have come...